Binder.



No. 816.915. PATENTE'D APR. 3, 1906.

W. G. JONES.

BINDER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEC. 26, 1905.

iii'iillizl \i'iiililiiifil 4i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 1908 nl; ifhicago, in the county of (ooh and lfhiilifl oi lllinoing. have invented a new and useful improvement in iiindersmiwhich thel'ollon high; a specification.

My invention rclalen nariicnlarlv io looseleaf hinders of a more or less pernnincn'r char aclcr. such as current hinders or ierpetuni ledgern.

My prinniry ohject ie to provide improved nienin; for Sillllillg' a hinder of this character against unauthorized nmnipulation.

My invention is illnni'rziled in its irelerred embodimentin the accompanying rowings, in which Figure i represents a iHOlitll plan 'view of a himlcrd'ronie and a lock enacting therewith, shown separated therefrom: Fig .3, a broken longitudinal vertical seeiion showing the loci: connected n it h the chnnping-n1einher-nriuet lug: screw of the hindei'--franie; Fig. 3, an enlarged neriional view showing the ioc'lc up piied to an actuating;warren of the hinder, and Fig 4 n detailed perspective View shone ing a portion of ihe hole-actuating member of the lock,

A. hinder of ihe construction herein illue trated, for use in ci.)nnec-tion with which the improved loch. herein shown is pee-nliari adapted, in (iliil'iillfid and claimed in Potent No. 724,;09, granted lo Hervey P. Jones April '7 1903. A brief description of the hinder, therefore, will enable the present invontion to be readily understood,

In the consirnetiioii illustrated A represome the heck oi a binder-frame equip )ed with a screw-rod A, which in novided odioeent to, one end wirh an angular l-:-e:,'rcce1r ing shank a, by means of which the rod may he actuated, and at the extremity nd iaeeni'i thereto wiiah'a cyiindrioal poriion a of re duced croswsection and )rovided with a eir mnnl'erontiol groove a; ll ii, a, pair oi clan?)- ingr meinhern transversely slidiiiile upon i re hack A and equipped wit 1 ilhe unual bindingposts W; B, wedge-shaped iolhnrerz-s having; screw connection with the rod A and slidable conneeiion'with oblique guides Pi, with. which the clamping members are e nipped; B llexihle nienihcrs eonneoted wiiil the memhero 5" and with the clamping; members and serving in ihe operation of elonii'ig the churn lug lnelnhcn-i in n. ncll lmon'n manner; C, a. lock ti(lzl}])l(ll for connection with the red A, and C e. in adnpi'ed in open ihe locl; C

The hark A is equipped on its inner side with the usual transverse guide members (if, I het wei-in Whieh is a longitudinal channel (1, and heneziih the plane of the guide-plates. d the hncii is provided on in: inner surface with n receen (2. Thin: in formed a passage ennhling a key to he applied io the rod A for the purpose oi i'idjnnling the clamping memhero of the hinder-dininc.

The lock eoni 'n'ieea a casing 1', adopted to slide within the kc-yrccciviinr channel with which the ho d: in provided said caning being of cylindricalform and having an ulnrard on tension r; n springe -held hoit 0, having at its lower end a. projection r, nda )l( (l to enter the ennnhir groove e oi the rod a; a rotatable barrel 0, extending into the casing and securcly connected therewithsaid lmrrel being equipped with a rain e" for reiracting the holt, and a series of inurel loclring plungern e", adorned in he moved during the insertion of the hey Lorelei-inc the barrel in the usual nninner. i

As indicated, the upward exitennion c of the caning serves to house the bolt 0' and the barrel-locking plungero c. The casing exteniiion also serves to engage the adjacent endsof rho members d and ireveni rotation of the casing, in nddiiion the casing and its extension fill the EIWWG beneath the .iower edges of the leaves f and irev'ent. the possi hilil' y of any instrument i the purpose of tampering with ihe lock. The extremity of the reduced section o of the screw A is rounded, as indicated at g, and the projection r of rho bolt has; a rounded that the bolt will he nuiinn'ntically raised as the loclr-csn=nig is inserted in the channel which serves to receive it. in cieorly 21% icing inserted for.

surface g, adorn-ed to engage the surhiec g, so

nears from Fig. 2: the inner end of the loc eis inserted to the position shown in 2 and automatically engages the extremityof the aofioatingscres: of the binder. Vihen it is desired [0 again. adjusi the binder, the key (1 is employed to retract the belt of {he lock, thereby enabling the ioek to be WiiiMiio-wm bodily from the binder. It is noted that the desired end of securing the binder figfiiflii'b" I tampering is obiziineil without any objectionaole complication of the sirueture of the binder itself the sole requisite being the m'o' vision of the lock entering nortion a oi the binderadjusting screw. The iock itself is pioviiled as a separate article of manufacture and may be of the most appi'ovei'i construction, while at the same time it can be pro duced at a moderate cost. in those in stances Where a. lock is not required the binder is not eumberod and the siingilieiiy of the stiuoture of the binder is in any event ieft unimpaired.

"iilis i. regard as new, and desire so secure by Letters istent, is

1. The combination with a binder -fisme having o key-socket and equipped vii-l2 bolt engaging means, of a removable look inserted in said socket- :imi provided with 2, bolt coast 'ing with the bolt engaging means of the binder, foi" iiie purpose set forth.

2. The eom siiietion with a binder eq nipped with a key socket and with bolt engaging means, anal having ailjsoent to said sooke: shoulders 3'01 preventing rotation of the lock-- casing of a lock eniered in said socket and eqoipped with a bolt coasting with the iaol$- engaging means of the binder, and having on Waive look-easing s projection adopted. to engsge said shoulders, for she purpose set forth.

a 3. oombiniition with e binder equigped itii an scljustmeiis sciew having a ioementering garojeetion, said binder being equipped siso with is key receiving socket, of s Took lssvii'ap' s casing ensered said socket and provieeii at its 1111162 and with an opening eeiving the projection of ssici od usnmemw sores", and a bolt in ssid casing at right angles to the siijiistmeii screw and engsgin the projection iuhereoflfor-the purpose set ioi'tli.

4:. The eombino'iion with a binder eoluippeei with on scijustment-serew provided neiii" one end with an siiguier poi'iion for receiving adjustment-key and adjacent to said angiiisr portion with s reduced cylindrical ooi'sion provii'led wish an annular groove, of s remov sbie look lowing a casing provided st its inoer end Wiill an opening receiving the T dueed oyiiiidrical portion of the adjusimentscrew, and a bolt at right angles to said screw and provided Wish s projeotion engaging said snnuis'i' g'i'oove, for the purpose set Iorth.

5. A ioei: for the purpose set forth, compi ising e easing provided at its imies endwith on opening sdspted to iiioveritiie sdgusting-rod oi s minder, s key-receiving barrel in aiin ment with said opening and equipped with boli 'eti'set ing means, a casing extension one side of she easing, a bolt housed in said extension and having its sxis st right angles io the axis of the casing, and osrrei looliing devices housed by said casing (amension, fox" i19 purpose set forth.

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